Wall for buildings.



No. 769,655. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904. F. E. KIDDER. WALL FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.10, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. KIDDER, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIG'NOR TO JOHN A. FERGUSON, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

WALL FOR BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,655, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed August 10, 1903.

To It wlmm, it n'my concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. KIDD ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in \Valls for Buildings, (Case B1 and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to an improved wall built of suitable blocks made from any material or composition of materials.

The objects of my invention are to provide a substantial wall that can be readily constructed and which will when completed be smooth on both sides as the faces of the blocks are turned outward.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective of the block. Fig. 2 is a view of two courses of the blocks as they appear in the wall. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a section of a wall built of two courses of blocks.

.1 now more fully describe my wall by representing the main body portion of the block by the letter A. This main portion of the block has angularly-disposed flanges or projections at each end, which are indicated by A and A It is also provided with an intermediate flange projecting from the center thereof, which is designated by A This intermediate flange is preferably made double the thickness of the end flanges, which facilitates breaking joints and bonding, as will be made manifest by consulting Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, which also fully illustrate the mode of building the wall.

Two courses of blocks are used, being preferably laid with the flat faces turned outward and with the intermediate flanges of the blocks on one side of the wall in contact with the body portion of the blocks on the opposite side of said wall.

It manifestly comprehensible that breaking the joints forms an efi'ective bond for the Serial No. 169,021. N0 model.)

wall, as the intermediate flange being of double the face width of the end flange binds the ends of the two blocks in the courses beneath it, and the overlapping of these flanges and the intermediate flanges binds the courses together, fully illustrated. The blocks can be laid in any suitable mortar or cement that is found most eflicicnt.

\Vhat 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hollow wall composed of a plurality of blocks each comprising a body portion having angularly-disposed terminal flanges and an intermediate flange of twice the width and of the same length as the terminal flanges, said blocks being laid side by side and arranged in superposed courses with the intermediate flanges of the blocks on one side of the wall engaging the body portion of the mating blocks on the opposite side of said wall and with the terminal flanges of the blocks on both sides of said wall having their abutting faces arranged in contact throughout their lengths and their inner end portions engaging the inner faces of opposite or mating blocks, thereby defining air spaces or flues of substantially uniform width between the several flanges.

2. A hollow wall composed of a plurality of blocks each cmnprising a body portion having terminal flanges of uniform height arranged at right angles thereto and provided with an intermediate llange of twice the width and of the same length as the terminal flanges, said blocks being laid side by side and arranged in superposed courses with the intermediate flanges of the blocks on one side of the wall engaging the body portion of the mating blocks on the opposite side of said wall at a central point between the terminal and intermediate flanges of said mating blocks, thereby defining air spaces or lines of substantially uniform width between the several flanges.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own 1 hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. KLDDER.

\Vitnesses:

I'lARMON H. RICE, ELLA .Monms. 

